'Dynamite' Hanukkah Remix: Maccabeats Spoof Taio Cruz

Just in time for the Jewish holidays, a cappella group The Maccabeats has recorded a spoof of Taio Cruz's 'Dynamite' -- 'Candlelight.'

"The war went on, and on, and on," the group intones, "until the mighty Greeks were gone."

And the chorus: "I throw my latkes in the air sometimes, singing ay-oh, spin the dreidel."

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Comments

[ZubinTomato]

05:37 AM on 12/10/2010

So good I circumcised myself with my Ronco knife set right after hearing it!

[yodaveg]

10:52 AM on 12/06/2010

A little bit Maccabeats, a little bit Woody Guthrie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_TI6uIg8LE

[Raymond Chuang]

09:01 PM on 12/05/2010

Taio Cruz must feel a tad bummed that the Mike Tompkins a capella version and now the Maccabeats version of "Dynamite" is almost as well known as the original. In fact, I find the newer versions more "fun" because the beat is so catchy....

[dwmds]

05:58 PM on 12/05/2010

We are thrilled to announce a special live performance by the Maccabeats in NYC on the last night of Chanukah!!!!!

Please search facebook for :Manhattan Day School Presents The Maccabeats LIVE!

[Jennifer Zeigler]

09:58 PM on 12/04/2010

I cannot stop listening to this song or watching this video! LOVE IT!! My 2 and 4 year old boys kept wanting to hear it all day as well. So happy I could get it on iTunes (along with their album)! These guys are fantastic and so talented. Although, I am not Jewish, I love this Hanukkah song. ;)

[gleb melk]

07:38 PM on 12/04/2010

There's also this super-cute "I Gotta Feeling Hanukkah" video by a group called The Fountainheads making the rounds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ6RCl0lie0

[Vlady]

09:01 PM on 12/11/2010

Great video. Thanks

[Patrick Thomas Quinn]

08:38 AM on 12/04/2010

Hot, hot, hot! Shalom Maccabeats!!!!

[BlackYowe]

02:02 AM on 12/04/2010

This is so great!

[Znny23]

06:23 PM on 12/03/2010

This is awesome. I went to school with some of these singers.

[Miriam Breslauer]

03:37 PM on 12/03/2010

I need to get this on a CD or MP3. I want it on my regular music rotation in my Jube Box. Love this song.

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

01:17 PM on 12/03/2010

50 Cent did a version of this song.

[Vlady]

10:37 PM on 12/02/2010

It was a pleasure to listen this inspirational Hanukkah song

[Joyce Cox]

06:06 PM on 12/02/2010

Although I am not a Jew, I think the song is very inspirational. I'm not sure which testament says it but somewhere in the Bible, It states, "Make a joyful noise and sing a new song." I know I'm not getting the quote right, verbatim, but if you can reach people particularly the young on a level that they can relate to, you have a better chance of getting the message you want to send out across.

[Ipanema]

02:51 PM on 12/03/2010

Psalm 95:1-3 from the OT: "O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods." (KJV)

[Benignuman]

09:46 PM on 12/01/2010

Superb. I enjoyed this Chanuka treat.

[yosef21]

03:25 PM on 11/30/2010

This is cute but it's kind of a rip-off of Mike Tompkins, almost exactly. Six13's Chanukah video is much more original and fun IMO! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvY337zKttA